diff --git a/src/InterfaceSettings.jsx b/src/InterfaceSettings.jsx
index 149c832..f47a660 100644
--- a/src/InterfaceSettings.jsx
+++ b/src/InterfaceSettings.jsx
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@ export default function InterfaceSettings({
   useEffect(() => {
     desktopApi.getSettings().then(settings => {
       const schemeName = settings.colorScheme || 'Default'
+      const nextUiScale = normalizeUiScale(settings.uiScale)
       setSelectedColorScheme(schemeName)
-      setUiScale(normalizeUiScale(settings.uiScale))
+      setUiScale(nextUiScale)
       setOpenDevToolsOnStartup(settings.openDevToolsOnStartup === true)
       applyColorScheme(schemeName)
+      desktopApi.applyUiScale(nextUiScale)
     })
   }, [])
 
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ export default function InterfaceSettings({
   const persistUiScale = (value) => {
     const nextScale = normalizeUiScale(value)
     setUiScale(nextScale)
+    desktopApi.applyUiScale(nextScale)
     desktopApi.setSetting(UI_SCALE_KEY, nextScale)
   }
 
diff --git a/src/desktop/desktopApi.js b/src/desktop/desktopApi.js
index 774378b..e361e23 100644
--- a/src/desktop/desktopApi.js
+++ b/src/desktop/desktopApi.js
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ const DEFAULT_UPDATE_STATUS = Object.freeze({
   restartScheduled: false,
 })
 
+const DEFAULT_UI_SCALE = 1
+const MIN_UI_SCALE = 0.7
+const MAX_UI_SCALE = 1.3
+
 const hasWindow = () => typeof window !== 'undefined'
 const getElectronApi = () => (hasWindow() ? window.electronAPI : undefined)
 const getTauriCore = () => (hasWindow() ? window.__TAURI__?.core : undefined)
@@ -54,6 +58,32 @@ function defaultSettings() {
   return { ...DEFAULT_SETTINGS }
 }
 
+function normalizeUiScale(value) {
+  const numericValue = Number(value)
+  if (!Number.isFinite(numericValue)) {
+    return DEFAULT_UI_SCALE
+  }
+
+  return Math.min(MAX_UI_SCALE, Math.max(MIN_UI_SCALE, Math.round(numericValue * 100) / 100))
+}
+
+function applyRendererUiScale(value) {
+  if (!hasWindow() || !window.document || getElectronApi()) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  const scale = normalizeUiScale(value)
+  const root = window.document.documentElement
+  const body = window.document.body
+
+  root?.style?.setProperty('--heimgeist-ui-scale', String(scale))
+  if (body?.style) {
+    body.style.zoom = scale === DEFAULT_UI_SCALE ? '' : String(scale)
+  }
+
+  return true
+}
+
 function defaultUpdateStatus(message = DEFAULT_UPDATE_STATUS.message) {
   return { ...DEFAULT_UPDATE_STATUS, message }
 }
@@ -110,6 +140,7 @@ const desktopApi = {
     callElectronApi('getSettings') ?? callTauriCommand('get_settings'),
     defaultSettings,
   ),
+  applyUiScale: (value) => applyRendererUiScale(value),
   getUpdateStatus: () => resultOrFallback(
     callElectronApi('getUpdateStatus') ?? callTauriCommand('get_update_status'),
     defaultUpdateStatus,
diff --git a/src/main.jsx b/src/main.jsx
index 72ea3c3..2bb5237 100644
--- a/src/main.jsx
+++ b/src/main.jsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ function Main() {
   useEffect(() => {
     desktopApi.getSettings().then(settings => {
       applyColorScheme(settings.colorScheme || 'Default')
+      desktopApi.applyUiScale(settings.uiScale)
     })
   }, [])